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General   Order   No.    4. 


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Office  of  Adj't.  &  Injector 

Gen 
Montgomery,  Ala.  March 
The  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Tennessee 
having  suppressed  the  distillation  of  ardent 
spirits  by  law,  and  the  Governor  of  the 
State  of  Georgia  having  issued  his  procla- 
mation to  accomplish  the  same  result,  the 
consequence  has  been  the  alarming  increase 
of  distilleries  in  this  State,  converting  the 
food  necessary  to  sustain  our  armies,  into 
poison  to  demoralize  and  destroy  them — 
periling  the  lives  of  our  soldiers  and  lib- 
erties of  our  country.  To  suppress  this 
great  evil  it  is  ordered  : 

I.  That '  every  distillery  throughout  the 
State  of  Alabama,  for  the  distillation  of  Ar- 
dent Spirits,  be  discontinued  by  the  first 
day  of  April  next. 

II.  Colonels  of  Regiments,  Lieutenant-Col- 
onels and  Majors  of  Battalions,  and  com- 
manding officers  of  Camps,  subject  to  the 
orders  of  the  Governor  and  Commander-in- 
Chief,  throughout  the  State,  having  good 
reason  to  believe  that  there  has  been  any 
violation  of  the  preceding  clause,  or  upon 
the  information  of  any  credible  person  to 
that  effect,  will  immediately  order  out  all, 
or  such  portion  of  his  command  as  he  may 
deem  necessary,  and  without  delay  take  pos- 
session of  the  Still,  all  the  apparatus  and 
liquor,  and  transport  the  same  to  the  Court 
House  of  the  county,  where  it  shall  be  held 
subject  to  the  order  of  the  Governor  and 
Commander-in-Chief  for  munitions  of  war 
and  Hospital  supplies. 

III.  No  Ardent  Spirits  shall  be  sold  after 


the  first  day  of  April  next,  within  ten  miles 
of  any  Military  Camp  in  this  State,  establish- 
ed by  the  Confederate  or  State  Authorities, 
except  upon  the  written  prescription  of  a 
licensed  physician. 

IV^  The  officers  specified  in  the  2nd 
clause,  having  good  reason  to  believe  that 
there  has  been  any  violation  of  the  preced- 
ing clause  or  upon  the  information  or  oath 
of  any  credible  person  to  that  effect,  will 
immediately  take  possession  of  all  the  liquor, 
pack  the  same  and  transport  it  to  the  near- 
est Court  House,  where  it  shall  be  held  sub- 
ject to  the  order  of  the  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief. 

V.  All  good  citizens  and  persons  interest- 
ed in  the  success  of  our  arms  are  requested 
to  give  notice  of  the  violation  of  the  first 
and  third  clauses  of  this  order  to  some  one 
of  the  officers  specified,  and  in  case  of  fail- 
ure, neglect  or  refusal  on  the  part  of  such 
officer  to  proceed  according  to  this  order, 
at  once  to  report  the  same  to  this  office. 

VI.  All  seizures  made  under  this  order 
will  be  delivered  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  coun- 
ty, taking  his  receipt  for  the  same  in  dupli- 
cate— one  of  which  shall  be  returned  with 
a  report  of  the  officer  making  the  seizure, 
to  this  office. 

VII.  Under  the  necessity  which  exists  for 
this  order  being  known  at  the  earliest  day 
possible,  it  is  given  directly  to  the  officers 
charged  with  its  execution  without  extend- 
ing it  through  the  superior  officers. 

By  order  of 
JNO.  GILL  SHORTER, 
Governor  and  Commander-in-Chief. 
H.  P.  Watson,  Adj't.  &Insp't,  Gen.,  A.  M. 


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